Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 4: A special court of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued nonbailable warrants (NBW) against Vijayanagara MLA Anand Singh and Ballari Rural MLA Nagendra in the case of illegal transportation of iron ore from Belekeri port. The NBW was issued as the two accused failed to appear before the court for two consecutive hearings. They are expected appear in court on Thursday

Bengaluru, Oct 4: Officials of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the illegal iron ore case, has arrested businessman B V Srinivasa Reddy, who is a close associate for former Minister G Janardhan Reddy. Mr. Srinivasa Reddy, owner of Sree Minerals, has been charged with forcibly taking over a mining company belonging to N. Shaikh Saab. Mr. Saab, the owner of Indian miners, had taken a

Southaven, Oct 4: President Donald Trump made an undiplomatic remark about close ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, saying he warned Saudi Arabia's King Salman he would not last in power "for two weeks" without the backing of the US military. "We protect Saudi Arabia. Would you say they're rich. And I love the King, King Salman. But I said 'King - we're protecting you - you might not be there for two

Udupi, Oct 4: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kota Srinivas Poojary has said that the BJP will oppose any move to transfer Superintendent of Police Laxman B. Nimbargi. In his tweet in Kannada, Mr. Poojary said that the government could expect cooperation for providing better administration. But the BJP would not support any move to

Mangaluru, Oct 4: The Urva Police in Mangaluru have arrested two persons from Bengaluru on the charge of blackmailing a city based man and extorting money from him. The police said that Aditya alias Ashwini (19), resident of Subedar Palya, Yeshwantpur, had impersonated as a woman and got in touch with the complainant through Facebook. After luring the complainant and getting his photograph, the

Mangaluru, Oct 4: A special police team constituted to investigate two assault cases, said to be retaliatory ones, reported from Moodbidri police limits on September 24, arrested three persons in each case. Dhanaraj (25), a resident of Thokur, Dinesh Poojary (38), a resident of Sasihithlu, and Shashwath Shetty (23), a resident of Honnakatte, were arrested in connection with the assault on Imtiyaz

New Delhi: Congress' social media in-charge Divya Spandana, aka Ramya, set aside rumours suggesting that she has either resigned or been sacked from her post when the description on her Twitter bio changed. "Actor, Former Member of Parliament and currently handles social media and digital communication for Congress": that’s what her Twitter bio read after the actor-turned-politician was picked by

Mangaluru, Oct 3: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Police have successfully trapped Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayath Integrated Rural Energy Project Engineer Nagesh while accepting bribe of Rs 30,000 for showing official favour. According to ACB, a resident of Kavalabettu in Bantwal taluk, of the coastal district and owner of bio gas turnkey agency had sought to release the subsidy amount for

Srinagar, Oct 3: Even after removal of Haj subsidy a record number of 1,75,025 pilgrims from India preformed Hajj 2018, when air fare from different destinations, including Jammu and Kashmir was also reduced. A Press Information Bureau (PIB) release issued here on Wednesday evening said that Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that it is for the first time after

Bengaluru, Oct 3: Mohammed Nalapad, son of Congress MLA N A Haris, was seen leading the Karnataka Youth Congress workers' protest against the Rafale deal outside the HAL office in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Nalapad, who was in the news for assaulting a youth, Vidwath, at an upmarket restaurant in Bengaluru in February, reportedly mobilised the crowd for the protest rally. This comes around seven